Sleeve-holder



J. S. JOHNSTON.

SLEEVE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17.1919.

Patented Fe`b. 3, 1920.

JOSEPH SAMUEL JOHNSTON, OF ,EMPORIUIVL PENNSYLVANIA.

sLEEvn-HoLDER.

Specification of Letters VPatent.

Patented Feb. 3, 1920.

Application filed July 17, 1919. Seria1 No. 311,523.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH S. JOHNSTON, a. citizen of the United States, and a resident of Emporium, in the county of Cameron and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeve-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sleeve holders and has reference more particularly to holders designed tohold shirt .sleeves which exceed the arm length of the wearer so that the cuff end may always be in proper juxtaposition.

The object of my invention is to provide a sleeve holder of the character specified which shall be positive inits action and not slip out of place.

Another obj ect is to provide a shirt sleeve holder, that is simple in construction, easily applied and retains its effectiveness indefinitely.

Another object is to provide a shirt sleeve holder, that will not injure the shirt sleeve nor exert undue pressure on the arm and cause injury thereto.

A further object is lto provide a shirt sleeve holder that may be made from a wide range of materials, that shall be cheap, easily applied and removed and positive in its holding powers.

lWith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in a resilient split ring member having one end free and rounded and the other end provided with a semicircular resilient tongue member beginning at the other end and lying within the split ring member against its inner circumference.

My invention consists further in certain novel features of construction, arrangement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanving drawings in whichw Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improvement as in use; Y

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of same;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved holder ready to be applied.

In carrying my invention into effect, I use a strip of material having some elasticity or resiliency when fashioned into annular shape, and the material may be thin ribbons of steel, rustless steel, iron, tin, galvanized or otherwise, gutta-percha, or celluloid.

I fashion the ribbon into an open or split ring 5, one end 6 being round the other end 7 being folded back upon the inner face of the ribbon forming a tongue 8, and extend- .ing around approximately one-half of the inner circumference; that is, the tongue portion will occupy about one half the extent of the split ring; this tongue member may be crimped adjacent the line of fold or bend so that it will spring more closely toward the inner face of its carrying side of the ring. In the preferred form where the tongue is integral with the ribbon and has the same resiliency it will of course tend to assume the same arc of curvature and hence lie close to the inner face of the ring.

The tongue however, may be made separate from the split ring, given the requisite curvature and one end secured to the inner face of the split ring at the end opposite the rounded end, it being essential however, that a curved wedge shaped space 9 result from its use and positioning.

To apply the holder, the slack in the sleeve is drawn up above the inner bend of the elbow and this slack is then drawn through the holder into the space 9 between the ring proper and the rentrant tongue member as far as possible and as near as possible to the junction of the tongue with the ring, or, in the example shown, where the ribbon is folded inwardly on itself; the

-free end of the split ring is then turned downwardly and forwardly around the arm, which locks the 4shirt sleeve and the slack portion and holds the holder in place.

With this improved device there is no binding on the arm which is more or less injurious, and decidedly uncomfortable; the shirt sleeve will not become torn, and there is no wear on the coat sleeve.

The tongue member forms a wedging clasp on the inner face of the open ring.

I claim:

1. A shirt sleeve holder, comprising an open ring made from asingle piece of fiat ribbon spring, one end being rounded, the other end having extending inwardly therefrom a semi-circular tongue extending and lying normally against the inner circumference of the ring, the arc of the ring and of the aforesaid tongue approximately coincident and the tongue occupying approximately one halfl of the normal circumference of the ring.

Vend of said ring member inwardly and along Y the in ner circumference of said ring member, the aro of the tongue and adjacent ring portion being normally approximately ooin- 10 aident,V said tongueand vring being coexten- Sive 1n Width.

JOSEPH SAMUEL JOHNSTON. 

